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Dr. Wu Wei

Chinese name: 吴伟
Chief Physician and Professor . Cardiovascular Medicine
Wu Wei is Director of Internal Medicine and Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine at the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine. A Provincial Famous TCM Physician and doctoral supervisor, he specializes in integrated Chinese and Western medicine for coronary heart disease, heart failure, arrhythmia and hypertension, and in coronary intervention and pacemaker implantation.

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295
Published academic papers
9
SCI-indexed papers
36
Years of medical, teaching and research work

  • The Physician

About Dr. Wu Wei

Professor Wu Wei is a second-tier professor and doctoral supervisor at Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, where he serves as Director of Internal Medicine and Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine at its First Affiliated Hospital. As a principal academic heir of national TCM master Deng Tietao, he has devoted over 36 years to preventing and treating cardiovascular diseases with integrated Chinese and Western medicine. His interests cover coronary heart disease, chronic heart failure, arrhythmia and hypertension. He leads the hospital Chest Pain Center and Atrial Fibrillation Center, directs the cardiovascular discipline of a national regional diagnostic and treatment center, and has authored 15 books and hundreds of papers.
  1. Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine and Director of Internal Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
  2. Second-tier Professor and doctoral supervisor; Provincial Famous TCM Physician
  3. Principal academic heir of national TCM master Deng Tietao
  4. Over 36 years of clinical, teaching and research experience
  5. Author of 295 papers, including 9 SCI-indexed articles, and 15 books
  6. Led six National Natural Science Foundation and provincial-level research projects

Dr. Wu Wei ’s Three Key Areas of Expertise

Three areas of focused expertise, each supported by a deep subspecialty team, high case volumes and an English-speaking care pathway coordinated by Orisene.

Coronary Heart Disease

Professor Wu Wei focuses on the integrated Chinese and Western medicine prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis, and performs percutaneous coronary intervention to relieve myocardial ischaemia, improve cardiac function and achieve better long-term clinical outcomes in high-risk patients.

Heart Failure

He has long studied the traditional Chinese medicine mechanisms and clinical pathways of chronic heart failure, applying syndrome-based herbal formulas to improve cardiac function, reduce rehospitalisation rates and raise the overall quality of life of patients, especially for older adults.

Hypertension

He manages primary and secondary hypertension by integrating lifestyle intervention, Chinese herbal therapy and Western medication, aiming at stable, long-term blood pressure control and effective protection of the heart, brain and kidneys, combined with regular monitoring, patient education and long-term follow-up.

More：Arrhythmia and atrial fibrillation, hyperlipidaemia and lipid management, cardiovascular risk factor control, and complex internal medicine cases.

  • Clinical Practice & Publications

Selected cases, research & publications

Representative work drawn from documented clinical treatments, publicly indexed literature, and hospital project records, reflecting the depth of this physician's hands-on expertise and academic rigor.
1. Mechanisms of QingRe HuoXue Formula in Atherosclerosis Treatment
This 2024 study in International Immunopharmacology, based on a formula developed by Professor Wu Wei, combined network pharmacology, machine learning, transcriptomics and animal experiments to clarify how QingRe HuoXue Formula stabilises atherosclerotic plaques by regulating inflammatory and immune pathways in coronary heart disease.
2. National Natural Science Foundation of China Project (No. 82074356)
Professor Wu Wei led this National Natural Science Foundation of China project, which explored the relationship between traditional Chinese medicine syndrome types and the severity of coronary artery lesions, offering a basis for syndrome-based diagnosis and treatment of coronary heart disease.
3. Guangdong Famous TCM Physician Wu Wei Inheritance Studio
This provincial studio carries forward the academic thought of national TCM master Deng Tietao, focusing on the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and on training younger generations of integrated Chinese and Western medicine clinicians through teaching rounds and clinical research.
4. Huanglian Jiedu Decoction Downregulating P2RY12 in Atherosclerosis
Supervised by Professor Wu Wei, this doctoral research demonstrated that Huanglian Jiedu Decoction significantly inhibits atherosclerosis by downregulating P2RY12 expression, offering strong experimental evidence for the anti-inflammatory and plaque-stabilising effects of this classical Chinese formula in coronary heart disease patients.
5. Deng Tietao Academic Thought Promotion Program (Kaiping Station)
As executive vice director of the Deng Tietao Institute, Professor Wu Wei led this program that brought senior cardiovascular experts to grassroots hospitals, setting up academic inheritance workstations and a Famous TCM Physician studio to improve primary care and TCM talent training.
6. National Planning Textbook Internal Medicine of Traditional Chinese Medicine
As chief editor of the national Five-Year Plan textbook Internal Medicine of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Professor Wu Wei systematised the teaching of cardiovascular diseases in TCM and has shaped the clinical training of undergraduates, residents and postgraduate students throughout the country.
  • Affiliated Hospital

Where Dr. Wu Wei practices

Guangzhou

The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine

Chinese name: 广州中医药大学第一附属医院
Founded in 1964, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine is one of China's first Grade-A tertiary TCM hospitals. With 2,200 beds and 3.19 million annual visits, it is renowned for TCM gastroenterology, orthopedics and gynecology, led by national masters of Chinese medicine.
62 years of TCM care
Since 1964
2,200
Licensed beds
3.19 million
Annual outpatient & emergency visits
7
Licensed beds
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